diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
index 3aa283f28ed..ecd3099967b 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
@@ -1974,7 +1974,9 @@ export class Wysiwyg extends Component {
         if (color && !isCSSColor(color) && !weUtils.isColorGradient(color)) {
             color = (colorType === "text" ? 'text-' : 'bg-') + color;
         }
-        const coloredElements = this.odooEditor.execCommand('applyColor', color, colorType === 'text' ? 'color' : 'backgroundColor', this.lastMediaClicked);
+        let coloredElements = this.odooEditor.execCommand('applyColor', color, colorType === 'text' ? 'color' : 'backgroundColor', this.lastMediaClicked);
+        // Some nodes returned by applyColor can be removed of the document by the sanitization in historyStep
+        coloredElements = coloredElements.filter(element => this.odooEditor.document.contains(element));
 
         const coloredTds = coloredElements && coloredElements.length && Array.isArray(coloredElements) && coloredElements.filter(coloredElement => coloredElement.classList.contains('o_selected_td'));
         if (coloredTds.length) {